Women, violence and war : wartime victimization of refugees in the Balkans / edited by Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović ; [English translation by Borislav Radović]. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna, Author.

Contributor:

Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna.

Standardized Title:

Žene, nasilje i rat. English.

Language:

Croatian

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Women.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Personal narratives.

Women refugees--Yugoslavia--Serbia--Biography.

Women refugees.

Women refugees--Serbia--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 245 p. )

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary : New York : Central European University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

A brief history of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina (from its origins to the 1995 Dayton peace accords) / Nataša Mrvić-Petrović

Definitions of violence in war and the experience of women : the subject of research / Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

The method and the sample

a contribution to the feminist critique of methodology / Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović and Ivana Stevanović

Sexual violence / Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

The Hague Tribunal and rape in the former Yugoslavia / Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

Physical abuse and homicide / Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

Psychological violence and fear in war, and their consequences for the psychological health of women / Slobodanka Konstantinovic-Vilić

Separation and dissolution of the family / Nataša Mrvić-Petrović and Ivana Stevanović

Social acceptance and the difficulty of adapting to a new environment / Nataša Mrvić-Petrović

Strategies of support and help / Slobodanka Konstantinović-Vilić.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-240) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-36954-2